ExploreLearning Gizmos: Math & Science Virtual Labs and Simulations

Astronomy: A Beginner's Guide to the Universe

Author(s): Chaisson and McMillan Publisher: Addison Wesley ; Sixth edition , 2010

This correlation lists the recommended Gizmos for this textbook. Click any Gizmo title below for more information.

0: Charting the Heavens

3D Eclipse
Eclipse
Phases of the Moon
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
Summer and Winter

1: The Copernican Revolution

Fan Cart Physics
Gravitational Force
Gravity Pitch
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Solar System
Solar System Explorer
Torque and Moment of Inertia
Uniform Circular Motion

2: Light and Matter

Basic Prism
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Charge Launcher
Coulomb Force (Static)
Doppler Shift
Doppler Shift Advanced
Herschel Experiment
Radiation
Ripple Tank
Star Spectra

3: Telescopes

Basic Prism
Laser Reflection
Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)
Refraction

4: The Solar System

Comparing Earth and Venus
Solar System
Solar System Explorer

5: Earth and Its Moon

Free Fall Tower
Ocean Tides
Phases of the Moon
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Tides

6: The Terrestrial Planets

Comparing Earth and Venus
Solar System
Solar System Explorer

7: The Jovian Planets

Solar System
Solar System Explorer

8: Moons, Rings, and Plutoids

Solar System
Solar System Explorer

9: The Sun

H-R Diagram
Solar System
Solar System Explorer

10: Measuring the Stars

H-R Diagram
Star Spectra

11: The Interstellar Medium

12: Stellar Evolution

H-R Diagram
Star Spectra

13: Neutron Stars and Black Holes

17: Cosmology

18: Life in the Universe

Content correlation last revised: 2/22/2012